For the third consecutive year, the tax deduction for charitable giving is in some policymakers’ sights – and nonprofit officials fear, given the belt-tightening mood in Washington, this time could
When a large Southern California water system wanted to probe the vulnerabilities of its computer networks, it hired Los Angeles-based hacker Marc Maiffret to test them. His team seized control
The following is from the NY Daily News: Eliot Spitzer may have talked the talk, but Gov. Cuomo showed New Yorkers he’s the true steamroller. Cuomo in his first three
Proposed federal funding for alcohol-detection devices could make them available as a new car option within 10 years, but some hope — and others fret — it will speed installation
The new $743 million JetBlue terminal at JFK Airport is a police radio “dead zone” that puts Port Authority cops in a Ground Zero-like communications blackout that has already led
With less than a week until the state’s budget deadline, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders have struck a tentative agreement. The announcement was made Sunday following a closed door
Two teenagers were pronounced dead after they had gone missing Sunday in the fishponds at Kibbutz Osha, near Kiryat Ata in the North. The youths, aged 15, were from a
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] NYS Senator Eric Adams held a press conference with Jewish & Muslim groups in Manhattan, Sunday morning, to protest the budget cuts headed to
To Acheinu Bnei Yisroel – Rachmonim B’nei rachmonim: On Purim night, we reported the unfortunate news of a Meshulach who was critically injured after being struck by a vehicle in
The following is a NY Post article: The streets were buried in snow, and these guys really cleaned up. Department of Sanitation workers shoveled in the OT in the week
Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the federal government Saturday to probe the 2010 U.S. Census’ finding that New York City had grown by a mere trickle. “These numbers cry out
There has been another attempt to attack the natural gas pipeline from Egypt to Israel. The Associated Press reports that gunmen targeted a pipeline carrying natural gas from Egypt to
East Brunswick, NJ – Three people were seriously injured while returning from Shul on Friday night, when an SUV struck them as they crossed Dunhams Corner Road in the township
Millions of retired and disabled people in the United States had better brace for another year with no increase in Social Security payments. The government is projecting a slight cost-of-living
Radiation levels in pooled water tested in the No. 2 nuclear reactor’s turbine building at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant are 10 million times normal, utility company and government officials
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will visit Cuba next week for talks with head of state Raul Castro and other officials, the Carter Center said Friday. Carter, who will be
A 14-year veteran of New York State Police has died. Trooper Kevin Dobson was killed in the line of duty Saturday morning in the Town of Tonawanda. “He was performing
YWN regrets to inform you of the Petirah of Rav Dovid Helberg, the Rav of Bais Eizik Tzvi in Boro Park, who was Niftar over Shabbos in Lakewood. Reb Dovid
Trouble continued to flare late into the night as hundreds of people attempted to hijack yesterday’s massive anti government cuts demonstration in central London. Riot police fought activists in Trafalgar
Hamas said on Saturday that Gaza terrorists had agreed to halt their rocket fire at Israel if Israel stops launching strikes against targets in the coastal territory. Hamas spokesman Ismail
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